linux-kernel - [PATCH] selftests/timers: Improve POSIX timer test messages

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Message-ID: <20250820024227.11183-1-viswanathiyyappan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:12:27 +0530
From: I Viswanath <viswanathiyyappan@...il.com>
To: shuah@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	anna-maria@...utronix.de,
	frederic@...nel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de,
	jstultz@...gle.com,
	sboyd@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev,
	I Viswanath <viswanathiyyappan@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] selftests/timers: Improve POSIX timer test messages

- Break up the ksft_print_msg statements to follow the 80 char rule.
- Capitalize "POSIX" and rephrase messages for better readability.
- Clarify that false negatives may occur in tests relying on timers
  if other threads run on the CPU.

Signed-off-by: I Viswanath <viswanathiyyappan@...il.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
index f0eceb0faf34..017a9e19ad0f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
@@ -673,8 +673,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	ksft_print_header();
 	ksft_set_plan(19);
 
-	ksft_print_msg("Testing posix timers. False negative may happen on CPU execution \n");
-	ksft_print_msg("based timers if other threads run on the CPU...\n");
+	ksft_print_msg("Testing POSIX timers.\n");
+	ksft_print_msg("False negatives may occur in tests\n");
+	ksft_print_msg("relying on timers if other threads run on the CPU\n");
 
 	check_timer_create_exact();
 
-- 
2.50.1